Adrian Jones' photos with the keyword: egg

The egg of a Holly Blue Butterfly. I noticed a female Holly Blue butterfly taking a lot of interest in a Hypericum bush in my garden, she would alight on the flower buds and carefully select a safe position to deposit her egg, a single one on each flower bud before moving on to the next. I have never before seen or heard of the Holly Blue ovipositing on Hypericum, a new foodplant perhaps?

A tiny moth egg, about 0.5mm in diameter found laid on Hypericum leaf, Shrewsbury, Shropshire.

An Orange Tip Butterfly egg, laid on Garlic Mustard in my garden. These butterflies only lay their eggs singly, the larvae are cannibals and would kill and eat each other if more than one was present on the same stem of the plant. This egg has been laid for a few days, when first laid they are a whitish colour, that changes to orange as in this photo after a few days then just prior to hatching the eggs become a purplish colour.Taken at 7x magnification, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK.